Western Canada lands lure settlers with fertile soil
A historical appeal from settlers in Western Canada praises rich black loam across Aassinibola and Saskatchewan districts, claiming wheat from 40 to 60 bushels per acre, abundant hay, and thriving mixed farming. Report notes mild winters, ample rainfall, and strong prospects for settlers, urging readers to apply through Canadian government agents to learn about the Saskatchewan Valley and Aassinibola districts.
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Canada
Aassinibola
Saskatchewan
Iowa
Puch
Saskatchewan Valley
Rust Attacks Celery Plants and Control Tests
An agricultural note explains celery rust caused by a fungus, its symptoms, and its damaging impact in Maryland. Experiments on college plots test shading, ammoniacal carbonate of copper, and Bordeaux mixture to prevent spore germination, with shading and ammoniacal copper showing better plant growth and survival than Bordeaux.
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Townland
Atata
Forest Reserve Expanded in Arizona San Francisco Mountains
Secretary Hitchcock, by trading nearly a million acres of government land in Arizona with the Santa Fe Railroad and others, added 2 950 720 acres to the forest reserve. The San Francisco mountains hold crucial timber sources for Verde and Salt rivers and irrigation water. The timbered range has supported vast grazing, but experts warn overtramping harms soil absorption and irrigation. The Santa Fe Railway Company and the government held alternating land grants, creating a complex ownership pattern before the reserve expansion.
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Arizona
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Hitchcock
San Francisco
Santa Fe Railway Company
Sugar use in England and France contrasts in early report
A French economist notes England consumes more sugar at lower prices than France, with per capita intake over eighty pounds versus thirty three in France since 1870. He attributes French habits of meals and beverages, including soup breakfasts and little tea or coffee, to lower sugar demand, while high urban sugar taxes affect the well to do. The passage also describes the prickly pear as a major Australian land settlement obstacle, reproducing prodigiously in drought and surviving harsh conditions.
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Boger
England
Prange
France
Soiling and Pasture Practice in Dairy Farming
The passage notes pasture 38 may not be rich enough for cattle to fill themselves in a short grazing period, suggesting a cereal or legume soiling crop as an alternative. It observes a trend toward greater use of soiling over grazing, citing convenience, economy, and profitability.
Impersonating Marshal Gourko in Odessa Theatre
An impersonator performing in Odessa received a mysterious note and reenacted General Gourko. An arrest order was shown, but the impersonator faced the real marshal who insulted him. Gourko finally laughed, averting the danger and sparing the performer from punishment.
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Gourko
Odessa
Gen
Russia
Gourke
moomAane
Mast names in modern aix-masted sailing vessels
In modern aix-masted ships the first three masts retain fore, main, and mizzen names. The next three are called the capstan, the gaffer, and the steeple mast, reflecting older terminology and shipboard practice.
Peruna praised by thousands of women in letters
A stream of women across cities writes that Peruna cures catarrh and improves health. Testimonies from Miss Katie Klein, Mina Prescott, Anna Prescott, and Mary Coats tout quick relief, restored appetite, and renewed vitality. The ads claim Peruna targets systemic catarrh and nervous debility, promising rapid improvement and urging correspondence with Dr. Hartman for guidance.
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Peruna
Misa
Katie Klein
Bartmer Avenue
St. Louis
Anna Prescott
Allen's Foot Erase advertised as cure for foot ailments
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Erase powder to treat swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions with 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores. A free sample offer is noted and the ad includes a pseudo address in LeRoy New Jersey. Also a short note from the New York Journal about an archaeological find off Antikythera describing statues possibly by Lysippus or Praxiteles and a Delphi bronze charioteer discovery of Greece’s antiquities.
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Allen
LeRoy, N. J
Greece
Rufus’ B. Henderson
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
New York
Antikythe
Tti
Eternal City
Maleq
Lysippus
Praxiteles
Delphi
New York Journal
At all turn a man who will do faith fully needs
A garbled ad style line promotes belief and a cure claim. It mocks medical jargon and mentions a supposed remedy Laxavive Brono Quinine TaoLeTs with a money back guarantee if ineffective. The fragment ends with “Grove's elguatura is on the box, 250” suggesting a price.
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Grove
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